sleigh

sleigh (sl

)

A light vehicle mounted on runners and having one or more seats, usually drawn by a horse over snow or ice.

intr.v. sleighed, sleigh·ing, sleighs

To ride in or drive a sleigh.

[Dutch slee, variant of slede, from Middle Dutch slde.]

sleigher n.

Our Living Language Sleigh is a familiar word in American English, having entered the language from Dutch by 1700. The Dutch were among the earliest colonists in North America, and it is thus no surprise that some very common words come from their language. Boss, bush, and landscape are all originally Dutch words that became established in English by the end of the 17th century. In the succeeding centuries we got such words as dope, knickerbocker, snoop, spook, waffle, and cookie. Even a term practically synonymous with American, namely Yankee, was in all probability originally a Dutch word for a Dutch pirate. See Note at Yankee.

sleigh [sleɪ]

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) another name for sledge¹ [1]

(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (intr) to travel by sleigh

[from Dutch slee, variant of slede sledge¹]

sleigher n

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Noun	1.	sleigh - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow sled, sledge bobsled, bobsleigh, bob - a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism bobsled, bobsleigh - formerly two short sleds coupled together dog sled, dog sleigh, dogsled - a sled pulled by dogs luge - a racing sled for one or two people pung - a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along toboggan - a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects
Verb	1.	sleigh - ride (on) a sled sled athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition dogsled, mush - travel with a dogsled bobsled, bob - ride a bobsled; "The boys bobbed down the hill screaming with pleasure" luge, toboggan - move along on a luge or toboggan ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"

Translations

sleigh [sleɪ]

A. N → trineo m

B. VI & VT = sledge ²

C. CPD sleigh bell N → cascabel m
sleigh ride N to go for a sleigh ride → ir a pasear en trineo

sleigh [ˈsleɪ] n → traîneau m

sleigh

n → (Pferde)schlitten m; sleigh bell → Schlittenglocke f; sleigh ride → Schlittenfahrt f

sleigh [sleɪ] n → slitta

sleigh

n sleigh [slei]

a usually large sledge pulled by a horse etc. slee مِزْلَجَه، زلاجَه шейна dopravní sáně kane der Schlitten έλκηθρο trineo saan سورتمه اسبي reki traîneau מִזחֶלֶת हिमगाड़ी saonice s konjskom zapregom szán(kó) kereta salju sleði slitta そり (말 등이 끄는) 큰 썰매 rogės kamanas kereta luncur salji yang ditarik kuda arreslee slede, kane sanie trenó sanie (cu cai) сани (veľké) sane sani saonice släde รถลากเลื่อนบนหิมะ atlı kızak (馬拉)雪橇 сани برف پر سواری کرنے کی تختہ گاڑی جسے گھوڑے کھینچتے ہیں xe trượt tuyết （马拉）雪橇

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BEd Bell bob bobsled bobsleigh Booby hut cascabel dog sled dog sleigh dog train dogsled fur brigade luge pung Roberts Shoe bolt sled sledding sledge	The puppy did not like it at all, but being fished for in this way was pure happiness beside being put to the sleigh for the first time. The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context It was near the setting of the sun, on a clear, cold day in December, when a sleigh was moving slowly up one of the mountains in the district we have described. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context The sleigh-bells jingled to and fro continually: sometimes announcing the arrival of a sleigh from Vermont, laden with the frozen bodies of porkers, or sheep, and perhaps a deer or two; sometimes of a regular market-man, with chickens, geese, and turkeys, comprising the whole colony of a barn yard; and sometimes of a farmer and his dame, who had come to town partly for the ride, partly to go a-shopping, and partly for the sale of some eggs and butter. From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	sleepy sickness sleepy-eyed sleepyhead sleepyheaded Sleer sleet Sleetch Sleetiness Sleety sleeve sleeve board Sleeve button sleeve coupling sleeve dog Sleeve links sleeve notes sleeve valve sleeveboard sleeved sleeveen Sleevefish Sleevehand sleeveless sleeving Sleid sleigh sleigh bed sleigh bell sleighing sleight sleight of hand Sleightful Sleightly Sleighty slender slender centaury slender knapweed slender lady palm slender loris slender rush slender salamander slender spike rush slender wheatgrass slender wild oat slender-bodied slender-tailed meerkat slender-waisted slender-winged slenderise slenderize slenderly	Sleeve valve sleeve valves sleeve valves Sleeve, Nut, Washer sleeveboard sleeved sleeved sleeved sleeveen sleeveens Sleevefish Sleevehand sleeveless sleeveless sleeveless sleeves sleeves sleeves sleeving sleeving sleeving sleevings sleevings SLEF SLEG SLEGEN SLEH SLEI Sleid SLEIF sleigh sleigh bed sleigh beds sleigh bell sleigh bells Sleigh dog Sleigh dog Sleigh Landing Facility Sleighdog Sleighdog sleighed sleighed sleigher sleigher sleighing sleighing sleighs sleighs sleight sleight sleight sleight sleight of hand sleight of hand sleight of hand sleight of hand Sleight-of-hand Sleight-of-hand Sleight-of-hand Sleightful Sleightly

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BEd
Bell
bob
bobsled
bobsleigh
Booby hut
cascabel
dog sled
dog sleigh
dog train
dogsled
fur brigade
luge
pung
Roberts
Shoe bolt
sled
sledding
sledge

The puppy did not like it at all, but being fished for in this way was pure happiness beside being put to the sleigh for the first time.

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

It was near the setting of the sun, on a clear, cold day in December, when a sleigh was moving slowly up one of the mountains in the district we have described.

The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

The sleigh-bells jingled to and fro continually: sometimes announcing the arrival of a sleigh from Vermont, laden with the frozen bodies of porkers, or sheep, and perhaps a deer or two; sometimes of a regular market-man, with chickens, geese, and turkeys, comprising the whole colony of a barn yard; and sometimes of a farmer and his dame, who had come to town partly for the ride, partly to go a-shopping, and partly for the sale of some eggs and butter.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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